Detachable button.



PATENTED FEB. 5, 1907.

Z. M. LEGER. DBTACHABLE BUTTON.

APrLIoATIoN FILED APR.1a,19oa.

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rH: NoRRls PzrERs co able and in which the. head may be removed UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ZOEL M. LEGER, OF MONCTON, NEV BRUNSWICK, CANADA.

DETACHBLE BUTTON.

detachable buttons; and the objects of my i invention are to provide a cheap and simple form of button readily attachable or detachand changed when desired, and it consists, essentially, of the improved construction hereinafter more particularly described, and specifically set forth in the accompanying claim.

Figure l is a side view of my button with the cloth in section. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of the under side of the button with the attaching means removed.

1n the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

a is the head of my button, and b the shank thereof. The head is removably connected to the shank, being provided with a screwthreaded recess c, into which the screw-l threaded top on the shank fits.

d is an annular plate formed integral with the shank which abuts the under side of the head and steadies the same in position. tegral with the lower end of the shank is a plate e, having on the under side thereof a 2 plurality of radial teeth or corrugations fof any desired shape that will grip the cloth and prevent the button from moving.

In place of either casting or boring the rel cess c in the under side of the top I prefer'to form it by boring a hole completely through and then covering the top of the said hole by i means of a small cap m, fitted into position at the top thereof.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 1S,

have invented certain new and useful g Inl Patented Feb. 5, 1907'.

1906. Serial No. 312,434.

On the opposite side of the cloth g, to which the button is to be secured, the attachl ing-plate 7L is located, having thereon a pluand formed in such a manner that they will prevent the rotation of the plate. The attaching-plate is removably held in positionby l, means of an externally-screw-threaded pin j, secured thereto, which extends into an ina ternally-screw-threaded recess 7c, provided in the shank.

The formation of the teeth on both plates i entirely prevents the button from becoming unfastencd and the removable head enables the same shank to be used over again, although the head may become broken.

Ytlhat I claim as my invention is A detachable button comprising a shank y having the top thereof externally screwthreaded, a head having an internally-screwthreaded recess into which the end of the shank lits, an annular plate integral wit-h the top of the shank, adjacent to the screwthreading, and adapted to abut the under ,side of the head, a second plate integral with the opposite end of the shank, a plul rality of radial ratchet-teeth formed on the 1 outer surface thereof, an attaching-plate having a plurality of radial ratchet-teeth thereon an externally-screw-tlneaded pin sel. cured to said plate and an internally-screwthreaded recess on the shank into which said pin is adapted to extend and for the purpose specified. i Signed at Moncton, in the Province of l New Brunswick, this 7 th day of April, 1906.

ZOEL M. LEGER.

fitnessesz W. BEN JONES, GURNEY L. JONES.

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